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The Blue Angel (1930)

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(Der Blaue Engel)


Country: GER
Technical: bw 98m
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich

Synopsis:

A schoolmaster falls for a nightclub artiste and is undone.

Review:

This dated melodrama retains one or two stunning moments, and Jannings is magnificent, but Dietrich is obstinately unseductive by modern standards, although she surpasses her co-star in naturalistic acting, and it was this un-arch knowing quality that doubtless appealed to Hollywood. Historically it was a massive international success and launched her American career, not to say her director's.

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(Der Blaue Engel)


Country: GER
Technical: bw 98m
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich

Synopsis:

A schoolmaster falls for a nightclub artiste and is undone.

Review:

This dated melodrama retains one or two stunning moments, and Jannings is magnificent, but Dietrich is obstinately unseductive by modern standards, although she surpasses her co-star in naturalistic acting, and it was this un-arch knowing quality that doubtless appealed to Hollywood. Historically it was a massive international success and launched her American career, not to say her director's.

(Der Blaue Engel)


Country: GER
Technical: bw 98m
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich

Synopsis:

A schoolmaster falls for a nightclub artiste and is undone.

Review:

This dated melodrama retains one or two stunning moments, and Jannings is magnificent, but Dietrich is obstinately unseductive by modern standards, although she surpasses her co-star in naturalistic acting, and it was this un-arch knowing quality that doubtless appealed to Hollywood. Historically it was a massive international success and launched her American career, not to say her director's.

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